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Obama's Vision Deficit

On issue after issue, Obama has made it clear that instead of blasting past "the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long," (as he promised in his inaugural address), he's moving full speed ahead toward policy prescriptions that ...

From NICK GILLESPIE MATT.WELCH@REASON.COM MATT WELCH, Reason,  29 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Jimmy Carter,  Joel Garreau,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party

'I Think the SEC Was Distracted'

The nickname “Dr. No” has been applied to more than former presidential candidate Ron Paul and a certain James Bond villain. In 2005 that’s what Business Week called Paul Atkins, then halfway through his six-year stint on the Securities and Exchange ...

From NICK GILLESPIE MATT.WELCH@REASON.COM MATT WELCH, Reason,  10 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Securities and Exchange Commission,  Lehman Brothers,  James Bond,  Ron Paul,  U.S. Democratic Party

The SEC's Disastrous Distractions: Former commissioner Paul Atkins on how the regulatory agency's inattention contributed to the financial crisis

In December, Atkins sat down with Reason's Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch for a wide-ranging 45-minute conversation about the proper role of government oversight in a free enterprise system, the dangers of regulation, and what's likely to unfold as the ...

From NICK GILLESPIE MATT.WELCH@REASON.COM MATT WELCH, Reason,  22 Dec 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  White House

The Libertarian Moment

If someone looked you in the eye in 1971 and said “Man, you know what? We’re about to get a whole lot freer,” you might have reasonably concluded that he was nuts, driven mad by taking too much LSD and staring into the sun. Back during that annus ...

From NICK GILLESPIE MATT.WELCH@REASON.COM MATT WELCH, Reason,  25 Nov 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Richard Nixon,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Ronald Reagan,  George W. Bush

30 Years of Dallas

In November fans of Dallas, the family and business TV drama centered on the flashy double-dealings and boozy bedroom antics of the Ewing clan, will mark the show’s 30th anniversary in flashy and boozy style. Diehards will trek to the set of the ...

From NICK GILLESPIE MATT.WELCH@REASON.COM MATT WELCH, Reason,  1 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Larry Hagman,  Ozzy Osbourne,  Nicolae Ceausescu,  George W. Bush

Nice Shot, J.R.

Send this article to: Try Reason's award-winning print edition today! Your first issue is FREE if you are not completely satisfied. Soundbite: Monkeys and Money (3/31)Tuned Out Cultural libertarians are a growing force in America. But just how ...

From NICK GILLESPIE MATT.WELCH@REASON.COM MATT WELCH, Reason,  28 Apr 2008

Tuned Out

In their cover story for Politics, Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie assuage nervous libertarian voters by promising them that a more glorious future awaits us all, regardless of who takes control of the White House, the Congress or even the Supreme Court ...

From NICK GILLESPIE MATT.WELCH@REASON.COM MATT WELCH, Reason,  24 Mar 2008
Related Topics: White House,  U.S. Congress

Congress Strong-Arming the Steroids Issue

Send this article to: Try Reason's award-winning print edition today! Your first issue is FREE if you are not completely satisfied. ...

From NICK GILLESPIE MATT.WELCH@REASON.COM MATT WELCH, Reason,  21 Jan 2008

lib*er*tar*ian

In The Washington Post, reason's Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch spell out the deep meaning of the Ron Paul Revolution and astonishing bull market in being a libertarian. Snippet: More than at any other time over the past two decades, Americans are ...

From NICK GILLESPIE MWELCH@REASON.COM MATT WELCH, Reason,  25 Nov 2007
Related Topics: John McCain,  Ron Paul,  Bill Clinton

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